iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) saw a large decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 384,125 shares, a decline of 43.7% from the April 15th total of 681,808 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 831,601 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Milestone Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $904,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Cannon Financial Strategists Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Cannon Financial Strategists Inc. now owns 19,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,177,000 after buying an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Disciplined Investments LLC now owns 27,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,182,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Triangle Securities Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Triangle Securities Wealth Management now owns 3,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $528,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Price Performance

BATS:EFG opened at $119.07 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $106.33 and a fifty-two week high of $123.63. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $116.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $116.72. The stock has a market cap of $14.00 billion, a PE ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.